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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1968-07-25, Page 1a Whole No. 2537 109th Year McKillop Names Clerk-Treaeurer McKillop Council at d special meeting Monday evening nam- ed Wilson Little as clerk -treas- urer. Be succeeds the late John WILSON LITTLE • Local Mail Moves Apparently a lot of people don't know it but the, Seaforth post office is not closed; it still delivers local mail. Orville Oke, •Seaforth Post- master, said some 90 patrons must believe the office is dos- ed since they have not picked up their mail since the nation - vide strike began last Thursday. He explained the local post of- fice staff is still at work and continue to sort and deliver any mail destined for local residents. All Seaferth and most other area rural routes are in opera- tion as well. The strike has had little ef- fect on delivery of copies of the Huron Expositor to points sur- rounding the Seaforth area. Arrangements have been made to deliver Expositors to area post offices that are operating and as a result practically all district subscribers received their Expositors last week ex- 'cept for a couple of Clinton rur- al routes where the post office is closed. Similar arrangements will be in effect this week. News from area corespondents will continue to be taken by phone or arrangements made to have copy delivered, to the Ex- positor office or picked up. ' M. Eckert who had 'resigned the position three weeks ago. Mr. Little, who has been road superintendent for the past six years, will"receive $4,000 salary in his new position. He was chosen from among four appli- cants. A native of the township, Mr. Little resides at WinthroP, He served as a member of the Mc- Killop council for a number of years prior to being appointed road superintendent, Council. now will seek applications for a new road superintendent. In .the interim since her fa- ther's resignation, Mrs. Tom Me-. lady has been acting clerk. At the Monday night -meeting council gave first reading to the Boyd municipal drain by-law. Receives Second Kidney A rare second kidney trans- plant has given a former Hen - sail woman a new hope for ' an enjoyable and continuing life. Mrs. Graham Arthur, 46, of Exeter, the former Alice Pfaff of Hensall, was given a second kidney operation July 10 when the first one she received last November was rejected by her body and had to be removed. The repeat transplant makes her the first in Ontario to re- ceive a Second transplant and only one of a handfull in other • parts of Canada and the U.S. ' The second kidney taken from a young man dying from fatal injuries suffered in a motor ac- cident began functioning prop- erly almost immediately after the 41/2 hour operation in Lon- don's Victoria Hospital. , The success of the operation along with others gives hope that doctors may be able to con- duct second, third and even fourth transplant operations on sufferers of kidney diseases. Be- fore, doctors considered the first transplant as the last, but the way has been cleared for re- peats. Doctors and research special- ists have been taking great strides in combating the rejec- tion problem and are now able to select the patient and donor's kidney that match more accur- ately than before, according to Dr. C. R. Stiller, who • handles transplant arrangements at Vic- toria Hospital, For Mrs. Arthur,. the .success of thesecond transplant and the "(continued on page 4) Loses Foot in Haying Accident Edith Boyd, 26, RR 2 Walton, remains in fair condition in Vic- toria Hospital, London, following an accident in which a power hay mower severed her left leg just above the ankle Saturday afternoon. She also suffered 'lacerations to the other leg. Miss Boyd is a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John T. Boyd of Nal - Jon. Dr. P, L. Brady, who at- tended her said'she was help- . ing Lawrence Taylor with a trac- tor an mower in the fields on the farm of his father, Harvey Taylor, RR 1 Londesboro, when the accident occurred. Mr. Taylor rushed her to the neighboring farm of Donald Bu- chanan and from there she was , rushed by Box Amhulance to Seaforth Community Hospital and then transferred immediate- ly to London. SiAFORTI-L CENTARIO, URSDA,Y JULY 25,4968 — 10 PAGES 1•111.-, The Answer to Beating -the 'Heat Iii—Seaforth, there's one sizre. way to beat the heat and that's go for a swim at the Lions Park pool. With the current heat wav e hundreds of youngsters are enjoying the re- freshing comfort of the water in an effort to• cool off. Daily records compiled by park of- ficials show over 13,000 persons have been a tracted to the pool so far and on a majority of the hot days 600-800 youngsters and adults have passed through the gates. (Ph6to by Cantley). 4.ss sA.ss' Harry Pethick was presented with a retirement certifi- cate last week following 16 years employment in the Junior Ranks Mess at C.F.B. Clinton. Presenting the certificate is Colonel E. W. Ryan, Base Commander. Mr. Pethick, born in Seaforth, Ontario, lives with his wife end family at RR 1 .Seaforth, Ontario. Friends Honor Bride - Elect On Saturday, June 22nd, a trousseau tea was given by Mrs. Russell W,orden, at her home, in -honour of her daughter, Kaye Miss Margaret Word.e,n was door and guest book atten,dant, and guests Were received by the 15ride-ele,et, her mother, and Mrs. Roy Appleby, mother of the groom elect The , tea table was centred with an arrangement of sweet- heart roses in a silver. rosebowl, .flanked by pink tapers in silver candle holders. Tea was poured during the afternoon by Mrs. Penelope Fell, and Mrs. Walter O'Brien,. In the evening Mrs.: Hogg.art (grandmother of the groom) Mrs. David Craig, Mrs Harold Fua:nce, and Mrs. John H,azzelwood poured tea. •Assist- ing were Mrs, Millar Richmond, Mrs. Murray Kane, Mrs. Brew Richrriond, and Misses Barbara and Sheila France. Serving the guests were Miss Rosanna War- den, Mrs. Glen, Walden+, Mrs, Don Craig, Misi. Greta France, and Miss Sharon Pinder, , The trousseau was displayed during the afternoon by Linda Graha.in, and in the evening by Ch,erry Scott. Articles from Kaye'e hope chest were shown by lVluriel Scherbarth. Shower • gifts were displayed by Be.tty (Continued on Page 4) Lions Park Hosts Area Reunions BERNARD REUNION The annual Bernard picnic was. held Sunday„ July 14, at the Seaforth Lions Park with 32 in attendance. All those at- tending were direct descendants of Mn and Mrs. Earl Bernard, Brussels, who spill celebrate their Fiftieth Wedding Anniver- sary, September 24th, 1968. Several took advantage of the pool facilities after which a sports program followed conduc- ted by Wallace East and Irma Pryce. The dinner meal was enjoyed followed ' by a short business meeting conducted by. •Beth Read. Officers for next year are as follows: President, Mrs. Mar- jorie CartWright; Vice-president Mrs. Margaret Bernard; Secret- ary, Mrs. Lillian Bernard; Sports Wallace East. Beth Read also read a Bernard family history, which dates in Canada back to 1855. The land which the late Thom- as Bernard purchased from the Canada Company is still owned by the Bernard family. There are now three generations living there. • The 1969 reunion will be held • In the Lions. Park on the third Sunday in July. Hamilton - Boyd - Davidson REUNION The Hamilton -Boyd -Davidson Reunion was held at the Lions ' Park, Seaforth, July 21st when more than 60 were in attend- ance. Committee members elected were: president; Ervin Sillery, Brucefield; Secretary -treasurer; Mrs. Eevin Sillery, Brucefield; Social committee, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Fischer and Ildr. and Mrs. ,Ken Hamilton; Sports committee Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton, Mr. and Mrs. Don Hamilton. Race results: girl's 6-8, Barb- ara Hamilton, Maureen Milne; boy's 6-8, Douglas Beggs, David Hamilton; boy's 9-11 Wayne Hamilton, Barry Hamilton, Carl Bolton; girl's 9-11, Elaine Beggs; 12 and over, 'Kathy Milne and Larry Sillery; wheel barrow race ,Doug Beggs, and Mr. Sal- ter; balloon race, Wayne Ham- ilton, Mrs. Salter, Barry Ham- ilton; 3 -legged race, Lenore Hamilton, Ivan Mumloerson, and Larry Sillery, David Hamilton; shoe race, Barry Hamilton, Ca- thy Milne, Wayne Hamilton; kick the slipper, Maureen Milne; ladies' kick the slipper, Edith Petrie. JOHNSTON REUNION The Johnston picnic Was held Sunday at the Lions Park With more than 60 in attendance. attendance. Elected for the coming year were Gordon Papple, president; Officers elected ,vg: Past Ella Bogie, Vice-president: Bev- president, Fred SlomanTlinton; President, Dave Beynon, RR 2 Waterloo; vice-president, Bruce Rathwell, Brucefield, Ontario. mittee. Secretary,- Jean Rathwell; Trees- - urer, Gordon Rathwell; Games The results of the races, and conveners, Don and Joan Gower contests were: girl's under .7, and Don and Lois • Johnston; Jackie Meriam; Connie Willis; Registrars, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold boy's under 7, Danny Willis, Ilathwell, Baden. • Paul Bogie; girl's 14 and under, ' Results of games and Contests Marnie Middleton, Betty Orr; are as follows: Lucky Plate, Beth boy's under 14, Harry 'Meriam, Rathwell; Coming- the greatest Jimmy Ritchie; young men's, distance, Mr. and Mrs. Keith John Willis, Gerry Meriam; Nichols, St. Catharines; Man young ladies, Marine Middleton, with most pennies in pocket, Betty Orr; 3 -legged race, John Gordon Rathwell; woman with and Tom Willis, Jimmy and Don- most jewellery, Mrs. Harvey aid Ritchie; ladies' kick the slip- Stewart; Woman with whitest per, Dianne Meriam, Sandra hair, lVIrs, Albert Horner; young- Meriam; men's kick the slipper, est grandmother, Mrs. Tom John Willis, Melville Bogie; Or- Rathwell; Man with most col- ange relay race,. Marilyn Drell- orful socks, Albert Horner; Old- mann's' teeth; Peanut scramble; est gentleman, Albert Horner; Oldest gentleman, Fred Middle- youngest baby, Cheryl Irene ton; Oldest day, Emily Spence; Lind; Oldest lady, Violet Hor- couple coming farthest distance, ner. Mr. and Mrs. George Spence, Results of races are: 5 and Wayne, Michigan. „ under, Brenda .Millar, Wendy The picnic was scheduled to Turner; 7. and under, Craig Mil - bp held- the second Sunday in lar, Mary Ann Mama 12 and Park.3111, 1969 at • Seaforth Lions under; Brian „Millar, Stewart Turner; young ladies race, Deb- bie Turner; young men's race, Don Gower, Bill Bathwell; kick the slipper, Brian Millar; GOSS candies in jar, Gerald Rathwell; erly Orr, Secretary; Madeline Ritchie, Treasurer; Jack and Barbara Meriam, Sports eom- RATHWELL REUNION • The Rathwell/pienic was held • at the Lions Park with 70, in Relay races, Bill .Rathwell's team. SEAFORTH W.I. REUUNION The Seaforth Woinen's Institute members and their families held their annual reunion at Lions Park, Sunday with 50 Members in attendance. Committee members who or- ganized an afternoon of races and guessing games were Mrs. Lorne Lawson, Mrs. 'Gordon Pap- ple, Mrs. Bruce Colezrian, Mrs. Ken Stewart, Mrs. William Strong, Mrs. Wilfred Coleman, and Mrs. Erten Whitmore. Lunch Committee consisted of Mrs. R. M. Scott, Mrs. Ken Stewart, Mrs, Gordon Elliott' and Mrs. Ross . Gordon. Results of races and games on the program were; Pre-school children (boys), Don Taylor, (girls) Patti Coleman; 6-10 years (boy) Rep Taylor, (girls) Cathy Coleman; young ladies, Dianne Henderson; young men, Arnold Taylor: Kick the 'Slipper in the ' tub, (men) Leonard Strong, (la'dies) Mrs. Alex Pepper; Shoe Scram- ble, 'Couple, Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Taylbr; Time Walk Contest, Mrs, Leonard Strong; Candy Scram ble for children; Relays, number race, Mrs. Earl Papple's team; Longest line of articles, Mrs. (Continued on Page 4) Hot Wea Pool Attendance -a1ge coif* 42 Celtts $5.00 A'Yeitr x4,A4vsnes When the hot weather comes " to Seaforth the Lions Park and Pool becomes the most popular cooling -off spot in the town: The attendence figures are showing it. Figures released to the middle of JUIY show an increase of al- most 4,000 over the same per- iod last year when cold," damp weather kept the people away in droves, This year, withtem- peratures reaching the 90's for most of the summer, 13,821 per - Sons had used the pool as of Wednesday as compared to only 10,437 in 1967, for thessame per- iod. According to" Sally Cosford, who keeps attendance records, the .20,467 total of visitors last year should easily be exceeded. This year's figure compares favourably with totals of pre- vious years since 1956 when the . pool opened. In 1966, the cool inviting water had attracted 13,- • 894 at about the same time on • its way to a record high when over 24,000 invaded the pool area. The • high for one day this year was 849 persons on July 16, one of the hottest days .of theyear. The highest recorded attendance since the opening of the pool shows 889 flocked to the park July 24, 1964. While youngsters and adults alike' have been' taking advent - age of the pool for recreation and relief from the weather, tests are being completed for oVer_300 swimmers registered in the various Red Cross swim- ming courses for morning les- sons. Including those taking part in the inetruction is a group of nearly 100 students from Brus- sels area who are brought to Seaforth through arrangements conspleted by the Brussels Leg- - The final day for pre -testing of the swimmers under the dir- ection of Pete Stinnissen, pool supervisor, was Wednesday. A representative of the water divi- sion of the Red Cross will con- duct final swim tests in the vari- ous categories on Thursday and Friday. Make Tiles at Hensall A new company, which pro- vides immediate employment for eight men and office staff with good prospects of expan- sion, has commenced, produc- tion in the recently completed manufacturing centre Ws miles south of -Hensall on Highway No. 4. • The Big 0 Drain Tile Com- pany Limited is producing plastic tile to drain farmlands. A 'group of Western Ontario farmers and businessmen for- med the company late last year. Sybren De Boer of Mitchell,, who has been ppointed mana- ger said the company also plans to produce concrete drainage tile in larger diameters but first would have to build up a stock of plastic tile and components. Park 'officials have announc- ed registration for the August_ courses will be eoroPleted ri- day morning and lessens ere scheduled to begin August 6. • • The park- this . year is also. a popular Area for family" re- unions as•the paidlicM'area is u•'• - live -with gatherings by area families and organizations. John M. Eckert Former Reeve, Warden McKillop Clerk Dies Long time clerk -treasurer of McKillop Township, John Mich- ael Eckert, RR r Seaforth, died in Seaforth Canamunity Hospit- al, July 17, following an illness of two months. He was in his 80th year. Mr. Eckert was identified with affairs of the township for near- ly fifty years.. In the early twenties he served with the Mc- Kiliop Telephone Sys- tem and throughout his life was a champion of the smaller sys- tems that provided telephones across rural Ontario. He was a, former president of the Cana- dian Independent Telephone As- sociation. In 1927 he was elected to the McKillop council and four years later became reeve, a position he continued to hold for eight years. In 1937 he was elected warden of Huron -County succeeding years his interest in cotnsty affairs was continued through activity in the past war- dens association. He was honor- ed last year when he was award- ed a Centennial Medal. .Appointed clerk' in 1942, he continued in the office until three_ weeks ago when illness forced his retirement. Regarded as an authority in municipal matters he took keen interest in organizations concer- ned with civic change and devel- opment and served in an execu- • tive capacity with several. In 1966 he was president of the Ontario Association of Rural Municipalities: . Born in McKillop he was the sees of the late Conrad Eckert and Elizabeth Kenny. He attend- ed school in MeKillop and later was a student at St. Jerome's Coll•ege, Kitchener and at Osh- kosh, Wisconsin. As a youth he spent two years - in British Columbia and following his return to McKillop be- gan farming and for a numb.et, of years carried on a successful ' threshing business. At a ceremony in St, Colum - ban Roman Catholic Charch• on September 9, 1913 he was mar- ried to Biliana Ruth O'Connor who survives together With a family of three sons, Conrad M., Seaforth; James F., Niagara Falls and Aldhelm J., Fort Wayne, Indand four' daughters, Sister Mary Stephen (Aegela), London; Mrs. Arthur Devereaux (Betty), Seaforth: Mrs, Walter Ennett (Edna), Edmonton, Alta.;. and Mrs. Thomas Melady (Ter- esa), Goderich. He was prede- ceased by a daughter Clare in 1946. Mr. Eckert is also surviv- ed by 45 grandchildren and 3 great grandchildren as well :as , by three sisters, Mrs. Wm. J. Manley (Mary), Walton; • , WS. Gordon Hays (1Cay)eDetroit and Mrs. C. P. Sills (Lou), Seaforth, The remains rested at theBox Funeral Home until Saturday when the funeral rites were cele- brated in St. James' Roman Catholic Church •by Rev. Father Louis Purcell assisted by Rev, H. J. Laragh and Rev. Raymond Magnahan. FatherLaragla paid tribute to Mr. Eckert. , r .JOHN MICHAEL ECKERT-.'4. , • The Jarge church was filled to capacity for the service. 1Viem- . bers of .11riron County council, Huron ex -Warden's Association and representatives or area mun- icipalities attended in a body and formed a guard of honor as the remains were taken from the church. Interment followed in St. James' Cemetery. • Honorary pallbearers were' Reeve Ken Stewart and council- lors Allan Campbell, Ralph Mc- Nichol, W. J. Leemine and Har- old Dodds of McKillop, James McQuaid, assessor and Wilson Little, road superintendent of McKillop; William Dennis, A. Y. McLean, Huron Warden Cal- vin Kreuter and County Clerk, John G. Berry.s... • Pallbearers were grandsons John Eckert, Louis 'Devereaux, Jim Eckert, Frank Melady, Mich- ael J. Eckert and Bob Eckert. Flowerbearers, also grandsons': were Tom Devereaux, Paul Ec- kert, Con Melady, Stephen Ec- kert. Phillip Eckert , and Pat Melady. Construction .Under Way Workers stend amidst moving machinery at the corner of West and Centre,Streete as construction gets well underway in preparation for paving and redevelopm,erit of NestWil- liam by T. G. Hammd•nd Ltd. Cnnstructinn of St. Marys. Considerable rerouting of traffic via detours and movement of poles and hydrants has resulted froMthe operations as earth is re. moved and new base material is brought In. Members of the Setifbrth PVC staff are co,ordinat. Ing their part of the program with that of the Contractor The PtlitlIs involVed litelocating hy4 dro and water services as Well as preparing for new sire& lights. Ct51zoto by tsntie). A